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Saturday, 4 October 2014

8,000 poppies and still counting!

What an amazing effort this is by the many dedicated women
who continue to knit and crochet poppies and as well as some women
concentrating on making felt poppies. One of our ladies is crocheting small
poppies which have a brooch pin sewn on and can be used by men and maybe even
the travelling school group who are going to Gallipoli next year. Everyone
deserves congratulations for their great efforts working towards our aim of
10,000 poppies.

At the Crafty Tuesday last week there were lots of poppies
handed in which included 500 from Margot. This collection included ones made in
Vanuatu, in the Whitsundays as well as in the Snowy Mts. in the past 3 months.
It never ceases to amaze me where the poppies are being made which are then
added to our collection here at St Alban’s Anglican Church in Forster. We will
have a lovely problem of how to display all these poppies at the rededication
of the War Memorial at Tuncurry in late February and then on ANZAC Day. However,
I’m sure that will all be organised and they will make an amazing display as
well as lining the pathways of the War memorial. It will be a great reminder all the people who have been part of military forces.

Outlook across the beach where the poppies were made in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

Many of the poppies spilling out of
the raffia Vanuatu bag.

Display of the variety of poppies made as people cruised in the Whitsundays

Geraldine, one of the dedicated poppy makers sitting in the sun on a yacht in the Whitsundays in September 2014

Poppy makers were looking out across these snow gums to the snow covered mountains in the
background as they made poppies.

This is a display of those poppies in the snow

DedicationsI’m aware that some people have
attached dedications to their poppies. If you would let Julie know by email at: 5000poppiesgreatlakes@gmail.com, we’ll
make a list of all the names of the people for whom the poppies are dedicated
and include them on the blog.